You can hear the excitement in the voice of Jun Dai, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., associate professor of public health at DMU, when she talks about the three-year $488,819 grant she recently was awarded by the National Institutes of Health. A […]
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Catherine Wycoff, D.P.T.’08, GCFP, CERP, is a physical therapist for humans and for horses, a Feldenkrais® Practitioner and a certified equine rehabilitation practitioner in Lovettsville, VA. For more than 30 years, she has helped her patients go from fearing that
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During his obstetrics/gynecology residency, osteopathic medical physician Adrian Simien learned that a patient told his attending, behind his back, that “that colored doctor didn’t know what he was talking about.” As the only female and the only Black person during
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Hailey Huey, D.P.T.’18, became the clinic director for Pleasant Hill (IA) Physical Therapy, which was opened by Erich Ottervanger, D.P.T.’10, and his staff in April. Huey had been treating patients at Ottervanger’s West Des Moines Physical Therapy, which he opened
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Erich Ottervanger, D.P.T.’10, and his staff plan to open a second clinic location, Pleasant Hill (IA) Physical Therapy, in April. He opened West Des Moines Physical Therapy in 2012, where he has been providing outpatient physical therapy services and growing
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Kyle Kellum, M.H.A.’12, is the chief executive officer at Cherry County Hospital and Clinic (CCH) in Valentine, Nebraska. CCH is a 21 bed, independent critical access hospital. He is a graduate of the first National Rural Health Association Rural Hospital
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When she reflects on the hardships of being a first-year student in DMU’s physician assistant (PA) program, Emily Delzer concludes, “It’s not about me.” Delzer made that conclusion in her Humanities in Gross Anatomy (HuGA) project, a requirement for the
A covid twist on a traditional assignment Read More
For Andy Michalowitz, D.O.’14, the last 12-plus months were supposed to be a “relaxed but focused year” to hone his surgical skills and clinical acumen at New York University Langone Health in the largest orthopedic surgery training program in the
Ortho joins motley but heroic crew of medicine during New York City surge Read More
A Zoom conversation with DMU alumni who are physicians and leaders with the health organization MercyOne in Des Moines epitomized the realities of the pandemic, both grim and good: The virus is very real and deadly for some people; it
MercyONE tackles COVID-19 with teamwork Read More
Throughout the pandemic, DMU students have volunteered to serve central Iowa health care employees and food distribution efforts. They virtually mentored undergraduates interested in health care careers. And they adapted to new ways of online learning and maintaining a steadfast
Need hope? Look to tomorrow’s health care professionals Read More